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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2006 ii Paper 1 11G Solution by
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Parametrize the circle by , . Choose a continuous argument of , so . Its winding number about zero isThe two facts proved below determine the requested calculation without needing differentiability or contour integration. Put . On , , so adding one does not change its winding. The first and third factors have winding one, since their constant terms have modulus smaller than their linear terms; the second has winding zero, since its term has modulus smaller than its constant term. Nonzero constants have winding zero and has winding one. Thus
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